 | The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming: A Christmas Story
Publication Date: October 28, 2007| Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up Latkes are potato pancakes served at Hanukkah, and Lemony Snicket is an alleged children’s author. For the first time in literary history, these two elements are combined in one book. A particularly irate latke is the star of The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming, but many other holiday icons appear and even speak: flashing colored lights, cane-shaped candy, a pine tree. Santa Claus is briefly discussed as well. The ending is happy, at least for some. People who are interested in any or all of these t...
 |  | Arthur (The Pendragon Cycle, Book 3)
Release Date: May 3, 1996An enchanting tale of love and loss, glory and grandeur, set in the twilight of Rome's power . . . Where the Celtic chieftains of Britain battle to save their land from an onrushing darkness. . . . In this modern classic, Stephen Lawhead presents a majestic retelling of Western literature's most compelling epic. The Sword of Britain. While many strove to claim it, one hand alone could remove the blade of Kingship from its stone sheath. He came -- a raw youth among ambitious lords too blind to recognize their king. He came -- to a Britain divided, ripe for conquest by...
|  | Fearful Rock & Other Precarious Locales: Selected Stories of Manly Wade Wellman (Volume 3)
Publication Date: November 1, 2001Fearful Rock and Other Precarious Locales is the 3rd volume of Night Shade Books' five volume "Selected Stories of Manly Wade Wellman." This volume is made up of eight novella length stories. It reprints Wellman's "Judge Pursivant" and "Sergeant Jaeger" stories, as well as a lost classic that has not been reprinted since its original publication in Strange Stories, in 1939. In addition, it features an introduction by Wellman's long time friend, Stephen Jones, who provides a heartwarming bit of historical perspective on Wellman, and the influential shadow tha...
|  | A Place Beyond Courage
Release Date: September 1, 2012Sometimes Keeping Your Honor Means Breaking Your Word The early twelfth century is a time for ambitious men to prosper. John FitzGilbert is a man of honor and loyalty, sworn to royal service. When the old king dies, his successor rewards the handsome and ambitious John with castles and lands. But King Stephen has a tenuous hold on both his reign and his barons, and when jealous rivals at court seek to destroy John, he backs a woman's claim to the crown, sacrifices his marriage, and eventually is forced to make a gamble that is perhaps one step too far. Rich wit...
|  | Keisha (Triple Crown Publications Presents)
Publication Date: November 1, 2005Y'all gon' pay the price like nobody ever has. As her mother lay dying in her arms, Keisha vows to herself to seek revenge on those responsible for the brutal, senseless robbery that ended her loved one's murder. Follow Keisha as she discovers that Clarence, the man she wanted to dedicate her life to, is responsible for the murders. The one and only goal of her revenge is to make him suffer like she is suffering. Murdering Clarence and his partner or sending them to jail just isn't good enough. As Keisha devises her plan for the most vicious payback, she mee...
|  | The Wall: (Intimacy) and Other Stories (New Directions Paperbook)
Publication Date: January 17, 1969| Series: New Directions Paperbook One of Sartre’s greatest existentialist works of fiction, The Wall contains the only five short stories he ever wrote. Set during the Spanish Civil War, the title story crystallizes the famous philosopher’s existentialism.'The Wall', the lead story in this collection, introduces three political prisoners on the night prior to their execution. Through the gaze of an impartial doctor—seemingly there for the men's solace—their mental descent is charted in exquisite, often harrowing detail. And as the mo...
|  | The Ingmar Bergman Archives
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|  | Collected Poems
Publication Date: April 1989This edition of Larkin's poems presents his four published books "The North Ship", "The Less Deceived", "The Whitsun Weddings" and "High Windows" in their original sequence. The text also includes an appendix of poems that Larkin published in other places, from his juvenilia to his final years. Preserving everything that he published in his lifetime, this collection of poems returns readers to the book Larkin might have intended if he had lived. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
|  | The Jane Austen Collection (A CSA Word Recording)
Publication Date: November 17, 2009| ISBN-10: 1934997404 | ISBN-13: 978-1934997406Jane Austen's novels have proved to be enduring favorites in every medium in which they appear, whether books or movies, comic books or TV mini-series. Works like Emma, Persuasion, and Pride and Prejudice present incomparable portraits of marriageable but discriminating young women, the scoundrels and gentlemen who entrance and confound them, their scheming mothers and hapless fathers—all set in the well-mannered world of early 19th-century British country life. With this collection, fans can enjoy the...
|  | Me vence tu sensibilidad (Punto de Lectura) (Spanish Edition)
Publication Date: September 1, 2002| Series: Punto de Lectura (Book 12) The Harris’ and the Richardson’s, two high society families, are celebrating the marriage of their kids. Peter, a Harris, and Rixa, a Richardson, a young, and pure girl in love with her fiancé. However, behind all the happiness lies hatred from Gordon, Rixa’s brother, towards Peter, his supposed friend. Gordon fears that Peter, cold and worldly will make Rixa unhappy; or is it envy towards Peter’s professional life, or a passionate past between him and Gordon’s gorgeous wife that has not yet...
|  | Under the Wire (The Bodyguards, Book 5)
Release Date: November 28, 2006Manny Ortega is a man without a country, and he has one woman to thank for it. She was his first and only true love, and when she left, she took more than his heart--she took his life as he knew it. Hardened and honed sharp as a knife by years as a special forces soldier and police detective, Manny is ready for a fresh start at his friend Ethan Garrett's security firm. But the past isn't ready to let him go... Lily Campora never imagined what would happen to Manny after she walked away from him that night in the sultry Nicaraguan heat--or how he'd hated he...
|  | Winter Rose
Publication Date: April 15, 2011On a remote island cursed with eternal winter, a young queen heals a wounded soldier – and warms her heart with the joys of true love… ...
|  | Ninjago Graphic Novels #2: Mask of the Sensei
Release Date: February 28, 2012| Age Level: 6 and up...
|  | The River Dragon
Publication Date: September 1991| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up To attend three banquets at the home of his bride-to-be, Ying Shao must cross the bridge of the River Dragon. Alas, at every banquet, his future father-in-law serves him swallows, a delicacy that dragons love. Crossing a River Dragon's bridge with swallows on your breath is not so easy. This classic tale of the weak outwitting the powerful is brought to life in exquisite detail. Full-color illustrations. ...
|  | Clifford The Big Red Dog (Clifford 8x8)
Publication Date: May 1, 2010| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
|  | Preschooler's Busy Book: 365 Creative Games & Activities To Occupy 3-6 Year Olds
Release Date: October 1, 1998| Age Level: 3 and up 365 FUN, CREATIVE ACTIVITIES TO STIMULATE YOUR PRESCHOOLER EVERY DAY OF THE YEARThis book contains 365 activities (one for each day of the year) for three- to six-year-olds using things found around the home. It shows parents and day-care providers how to: Save money by making your own paints, playdough, craft clays, glue, paste, and other arts and crafts supplies.Prevent boredom during even the longest stretches of indoor weather with ideas for indoor play, kitchen activities, and arts and crafts projects.Stimulate a child's natural...
|  | Kiss Good Night: Book and Toy Gift Set (Sam Books)
Release Date: September 9, 2004| Grade Level: K and up...
|  | The Nature Connection: An Outdoor Workbook for Kids, Families, and Classrooms
Publication Date: July 21, 2010| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
|  | Imprisoned in the Golden City: Adoniram and Ann Judson (Trailblazer Books #8)
Publication Date: April 1, 1993| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up Thrilling adventure stories introducing young readers (ages 8-2) to Christian heroes of the past.The two young Burmese girls had dreaded leaving their father, but he told them that the only safe thing was for the two of them to go live with the American missionaries, Adoniram and Ann Judson. May-Lo and Len-Lay really aren't sure what the danger is, and they don't know what to believe about their American foster parents. Could the accusations that the missionaries were English spies be true?When the Judsons leave the...
|  | More Short & Sweet Skits for Student Actors: 50 Sketches for Teens
Publication Date: March 2012A collection of short skits for casts of two to ten players covering a wide variety of topics and dramatic styles. ...
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